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While there has been some changes in town, new restaurants, stores closing, new stores opening, there’s another new addition to Sidney. A new brewery has opened called 1035 Brewing.
During the past year, Video Hot Spot has changed quite a bit and now the newest change is a brewery in the back of the business. Owners Dennis and Ruth Moore said that they started brewing at home about six years ago.
“It was always a dream to expand,” Dennis noted. “That’s been there for a long time,” Ruth said of Dennis’ dream to expand his brewing from an at-home thing to a bigger scale. When asked how he learned the process, Dennis replied, “The internet.”
Between the internet, reading and research, Dennis has mastered the craft. After changing Video Hot Spot to just the tanning salon, the Moores have decided to add the brewery to the building as well.
“We had to get the building up to code,” Dennis said. “There are different rules and regulations for breweries versus regular businesses,” he explained.
While they were going to utilize the whole building for the brewery, if they had they would have had to install sprinkler systems throughout the whole building. That would put the tanning beds at risk and wasn’t something the Moores wanted to take a chance on.
“The building inspector came through and told us what we had to do to get up to code,” the couple explained. “He was so nice and helpful. He walked through and helped us figure things out. We did a lot of the construction on our own,” they added.
Dennis noted they chose to keep the addition quiet until they got closer to the opening day just because there were still things that needed to be figured out. At this point the brewery offers eight different flavors of beer.
The Moores noted that Montana law only allows patrons to have 48 ounces per day in tap rooms. Currently they have Keeper Stout, Cixty Five Rozes IPA, Cream Ale, B-Rad Hefeweizen, R.A.R. Red Ale [Ranger Alumni Red], I Still Got It Honey-Rye, Drunkin’ Punkin’ [a seasonal brew] and The Sour.
The duo noted that they chose some of the names based off family members such as their daughter, son and nephew. Dennis added, “We also can only sell what we brew.” So you won’t find name brand beer there, but you can find some good micro-brews.
“We’re really enjoying seeing people visiting and socializing,” Ruth said. “It’s different going from a job where you don’t have that personal contact to doing something like this,” she added about working and owning the brewery. “It’s definitely a change,” Ruth said with a laugh.
They also added that they are hoping to expand out to the patio area once the weather is nice enough to do so. “That’s why we opened it up back there,” Ruth said.
The brewery will be open at 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday and at 2 p.m. on the weekends. They can’t serve past 8 p.m. and no one can be drinking past 9 p.m.


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Finnish firms acquire greater standing globally
Finnish cyber security company F-Secure is securing a leading position globally by acquiring MWR InfoSecurity, while Finnish IT and software firm Solteq becomes the leading LS Retail supplier in the Nordics after acquisitions from ProInfo in Denmark.
F-Secure has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares in privately held cyber security company MWR InfoSecurity, which operates globally out of its main offices in the UK, the US, South Africa and Singapore.
The deal brings MWR InfoSecurity’s suite of technologies and close to 400 employees to F-Secure, turning the Finnish company into the single largest European source of cyber security services.
“The acquisition brings MWR InfoSecurity’s industry-renowned technologies to F-Secure making our detection and response offering unrivalled,” says F-Secure CEO Samu Konttinen. “I’m thrilled to welcome MWR InfoSecurity’s employees to F-Secure. With their vast experience and hundreds of experts performing cyber security services on four continents, we will have unparalleled visibility into real-life cyber attacks 24/7.”
Meanwhile, Finland-based IT and software house Solteq has acquired certain LS Retail and Dynamics NAV competencies and clientele from Denmark-based ProInfo in a move that will significantly strengthen the Finnish company’s software offering for the hospitality and retail industries in the Nordics.
Solteq will now have more than 100 employees working on these solutions, and by the end of 2019 it expects to serve more than 1 000 stores and restaurants in the Nordics with LS Retail solutions and other services.
The Finnish company will also have Danish offices in Copenhagen, Randers and Odense following the acquisition, which will add to its presence in the Nordics where it already holds locations in various cities in Finland, Sweden and Norway.

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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) say that the former has won the auction to acquire the latter. Verizon has agreed to buy Yahoo's operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. The pair expect the transaction to close in the first quarter of next year.
Yahoo will retain its cash, its shares in Alibaba Group Holdings, its shares in Yahoo Japan, Yahoo's convertible notes, certain minority investments, and Yahoo's non-core patents (known as the Excalibur portfolio). The company will change its name once the transaction closes and become a registered, publicly traded investment company. Yahoo intends to return substantially all of its net cash to shareholders.
Verizon plans to pair the new assets with those it purchased from AOL (see "Wireless, OTT video at heart of Verizon's AOL buy") under Marni Walden, Verizon executive vice president and president of the company's Product Innovation and New Businesses organization. The company expects to be able to reach more than a billion users through the combined assets. The acquisition also will bring several digital advertising platforms, including Brightroll, a programmatic demand-side platform; Flurry, an independent mobile apps analytics service; and Gemini, a native and search advertising product.
"Just over a year ago we acquired AOL to enhance our strategy of providing a cross-screen connection for consumers, creators, and advertisers. The acquisition of Yahoo will put Verizon in a highly competitive position as a top global mobile media company, and help accelerate our revenue stream in digital advertising," predicted Lowell McAdam, Verizon Chairman and CEO.
The deal is expected to strengthen Verizon's mobile content strategy. Yahoo reaches 600 million active mobile users, Verizon says.
"Yahoo and AOL popularized the Internet, email, search and real-time media. It's poetic to be joining forces with AOL and Verizon as we enter our next chapter focused on achieving scale on mobile," said Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. "We have a terrific, loyal, experienced, and quality team, and I couldn't be prouder of our achievements to date, including building our new lines of business to $1.6 billion in GAAP revenue in 2015. I'm excited to extend our momentum through this transaction."
Yahoo launched an auction for the company this past February after concluding that it could not reverse revenue and profit slippage on its own. According to Reuters, Verizon topped bids from AT&T; a group headed by Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert with support from Warren Buffett; private equity firm TPG Capital Management LP; and a pairing of buyout firms Vector Capital and Sycamore Partners.
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The dangers lurking in your tots bath toys.
Last year we shared a post from pediatric dentist, Dana Chianese, who often recommends teething toys to parents, including Sophie the Giraffe but not anymore.
The mum decided to clean the toy when she noticed the air coming out of the hole smelled musty. “I decided to cut into Sophie out of curiosity and discovered a science experiment living inside,” Dana told Goodhousekeeping.com.
“Smelly, ugly mould living in my infant’s favorite chew toy!”
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Dana said she always cleaned the toy according to instructions, using hot, soapy water with a damp sponge and never submerging it into water.
“It still hurts my heart to know that for months I allowed my babies to chew on mouldy toys,” she says. “I no longer buy any chew toys with a hole or recommend any to my patients.”
Another mum also tried to alert parents to what she found when she cut the legs off of her child’s teething toy and even shared a picture for proof: “Beware!! If you have a drooly baby, moisture will get in the hole and you’ll end up with mould!” says Amazon user Stephanie Opera.
“We’ve had ours for two years and the entire inside is coated with black mould!”
The best way to clean washable plastic toys is in hot soapy water or in the dishwasher. Then, disinfect them with a solution of 1/2 cup bleach per litre of water. Soak them for five minutes, rinse and air dry.
Exposure to mould in toys is usually not something to be too alarmed about, unless your child has a immune disorder.
However, if your child does have a mould allergy, they may start experiencing symptoms such as coughing or itchy eyes.
The company did remind parents that the teethers shouldn’t be submerged in water.
Dad shares warning of kids bath toys
In October last year, a dad cut open another bath toy to remind parents how often they should be tossing them aside and replacing them.
He cuts open a bath toy to show people how disgusting the black mould is inside the toy.
His post has attracted over 784,000 views.
Dad, Jack Toepfer, posted a video warning on Youtube, to highlight the hidden grime that can be found in your kids’ old bath toys.
“Any toys that hold water, that squirt water, or otherwise do not dry completely in an hour or so – throw them out,” he wrote alongside the video.
Jack can be seen squirting a rubber pirate toy that has an open mouth and as water runs out of the toy, so does black mould.
“All of this mould came out of this toy AFTER some had already squirted out in the bath,” he continued.
“There is no way for these squeeze toys to dry completely so they sit, with water in them, in dark moist places – and it is mould paradise.”
“Your kids chew on these, drink out of them, and otherwise trust that they are clean because they are in a soapy bath, after all,” he said.
“If your kids insist on using them, throw them out after the first bath. They are cheap and there are better bath toys out there.”
The latest news on bath toys comes after Swiss and American researchers counted the microbes swimming inside the toys and said the murky liquid released when ducks were squeezed contained “potentially pathogenic bacteria” in four out of the five toys studied.
The bacteria found included legionella, which can cause respiratory illnesses such as legionnaire’s disease and pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium “often implicated in hospital-acquired infections”.
The scientists found a strikingly high volume — up to 75 million cells per square centimetre — and variety of bacteria and fungus living inside the ducks.
The study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, ETH Zurich and the University of Illinois was published in the journal Biofilms and Microbiomes.
Parents should change them over frequently
Toss them out and replace regularly, you can usually get cheap ones at discount stores to keep on rotation.
Although many parents who aren’t keen to dispose of such waste recommend a good clean with Milton steriliser or a rinse in the dish washer on a regular basis.
Another clever tip is to use a glue gun to seal the hole before putting them in the bath.
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Katy Perry isn’t letting a single one of her iconic looks be the one that got away.
The American Idol judge recently shared how she meticulously stores her clothes—some of which she plans to pass down to her daughter, Daisy Dove, 3, when she gets older.
“Every artist has a vault of sorts and I definitely have a vault,” the 39-year-old told E! News’ Keltie Knight at the 2023 VinFuture Prize Award ceremony in Vietnam. “I’m actually going through it and looking to rehome a lot of stuff in the future—deep decades full of spring cleaning that needs to be done.”
When Keltie suggested the “Part of Me” singer may need “multiple warehouses” to store some of her iconic looks—which have ranged from a hamburger dress for the 2019 Met Gala to her Teenage Dream-era colorful wigs and bikini tops—Katy had the best response.
“I have one,” she admitted. “And there’s employees for it.”


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Definitely sweet drinks on any special occasion, including holidays,. Inadvertently, perhaps we have too much to drink. We recommend that you limit eating foods and drinks that contain too much sugar.
The impact of sugary drinks not only in weight gain and tooth decay. A new study shows that eating lots of sugary drinks is also associated with memory problems and decreased learning ability.
In a study by the University of Southern California, sweet drink, especially in children and adolescents, can be done fast and challenging form of forgetting to absorb new knowledge is revealed.
Study Kanoski President Dr. Scott says, it's no secret that refined carbohydrates, especially those in soft drinks and other sugary beverages can interfere with the body's metabolism. Meanwhile, the new findings reveal the impact is being felt by the brain's ability to remember and learn, especially in children and adolescents.
The researchers conducted experiments in mice using syrup high fructose corn that is made to look like the levels in soft drinks. Children and young mice were given a drink that shows a decrease in the ability to remember and learn. However, this effect is not felt by adult rats.
The researchers stress, sweet drinks to be addressed not only soft, but also including apple juice, lemon drinks, sports drinks and other sugary drinks. Moreover consumption in children and adolescents, these activities should be limited.
"The hippocampus is a brain area that is crucial, especially for memory function. In many ways, this area of the brain may be damaged, especially by eating foods high in saturated fat and sugar," said Kanoski.


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New Delhi: Footwear maker Liberty Shoes Wednesday announced its foray into lifestyle retail and unveiled its new business venture, Liberty Lifestyle. Liberty Lifestyle has introduced its first range of perfumes, commencing its entry into fast growing fragrances segment, the company said in a statement.
"The fragrance segment currently occupies 5 per cent share of the total lifestyle market in India giving us a huge window for growth. We aim to establish the brand as the most preferred and recognised luxury perfume brands by 2020," said Liberty Shoes CEO Adesh Kumar Gupta.
The company aspires to compete with mass-market players in the segment.
"We are hoping to get a tremendous response from the millennial and are targeting sales of over 2 lakh bottles by the end of next year," he added.
Its EDP (Eau de Parfum) collection consists of twelve fragrances.
In addition to this, the brand will also offer an after shave for men.
Its entire product range will be available at select Liberty outlets across the country from mid-October onwards and at multiple leading e-commerce platforms and leading retail outlets soon after.
Liberty Lifestyle is also setting up an e-commerce website where consumers have an option of choosing and purchasing their favourite perfumes.
Bismi is a family-controlled venture owned by entrepreneur VA Ajmal who leads the business as its managing director. The company has revenue of around ₹800 crore. While the Ajmals are seeking a valuation of about ₹600 crore, Reliance Retail is currently negotiating on the valuation which could ultimately be lower, the executives said.


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Is Tesla's Autopilot Defective?
After a lawsuit claiming Tesla’s Autopilot software to be not safe, the automaker is on the offensive.
A law company has launched a class action lawsuit on behalf of a group of 47,000 Tesla clients owning Tesla because of “dangerously defective” Autopilot. According to the owners, the autonomous driving software is faulty and it is impossible to predict it. The customers are not happy with becoming “beta testers of half-baked software” rendering the company’s car dangerous. The complaint was filed in federal court located in San Jose (California) this week.
Before using Autopilot, the company warns drivers that beta software is needed. The drivers should accept a warning on the infotainment display before engaging Autopilot. According to the producer, it has never claimed that Autopilot can provide fully autonomous driving (however,they want it to do this for the future vehicles).
The automaker stated that the view of these people is inaccurate and sensationalistic. The group was misinformed and this threatens to bring harm to consumer safety.


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When it comes to confections, packaging often gets the high design treatment. But what about the treat itself? Dandelion, a San Francisco–based purveyor of ethically sourced chocolate, teamed up with Snarkitecture to create the Break Bar to remedy that. (Queue the sugar rush.)
Today, we kicked off this year’s annual Dwell on Design at the LA Convention Center, which will continue through Sunday, June 26th. Though we’ve been hosting this extensive event for years, this time around is particularly special.


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PDP Squeeballs game characters to invade E3 in LA, invade homes in October
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"Squeeballs" is First Motion-Control Game to Be Available Across Several Platforms
Game characters to invade E3 in LA, invade homes in October
Squeeballs™, a fun family friendly motion-control game, will be the world's first cross-platform motion game when it launches in October. The game will be available for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and as an iPhone application.
For the Xbox 360, the game will be bundled with Gametrak Freedom™, the first motion-control system for the Xbox 360. Performance Designed Products LLC (PDP), a top gaming accessory provider, is the developer of the game and technology.
"'Squeeballs' is unlike any other motion control game out on the market," said John Moore, senior vice president of marketing for the California-based PDP. "The graphics and visual elements are much more realistic and with so many unique challenges to choose from, the game will keep families entertained for hours." Giant-sized Squeeballs characters will come to life this week during the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Bully and El Toro, two characters from the game, will be out on the streets of downtown Los Angeles talking about the game, chasing each other, and passing out toys that resemble themselves. "I do not eat other Squeeballs," El Toro said defiantly. "Don't believe anything you see in the game."
The game will be available nationwide on Oct. 15, and is currently available for pre-order through certain retailers. For the Xbox 360, the "Squeeballs" and Gametrak Freedom bundle has a suggested retail price of $69.99. The game has a suggested retail price of $39.99 for the Wii and $29.99 for the Nintendo DS


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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – An Inspector with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was recently at the Penn Dutch Food Center for a "focused inspection" and found "dangerous, unwholesome or insanitary conditions."
Penn Dutch is located at 3950 N. 28th Terrace in Hollywood. You can see it from Interstate 95, between Stirling Road and Sheridan Street when heading south.
The inspector found water dripping from the ceiling and/or fans onto uncovered turkey drums, turkey breast loaves, ham hocks, neck bones, pig tails, pork parts, chorizo and sausage.
The inspector issued a "stop use order" on the walk-in chiller.
A "stop sale" was ordered on:
- 432 pounds turkey drums
- 30 pounds of turkey breast loaves
- 270 pounds of ham hocks
- 48 pounds of neck bones
- 45 pounds of pig tails
- 55 pounds of pig parts
- 508 pounds of chorizo
- 540 pounds of mild Georgia sausage.
That's not all.
Local 10 News has learned that on Feb. 20, 100 pounds of chicken salad was voluntarily destroyed because it was possibly contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, per lab results.
"Right now, there is a lot of unknowns going on. We are getting our product independently tested," said Greg Salsberg, president of Penn Dutch Food Center. "Food safety is our No. 1 concern."
Salsberg said Penn Dutch has stopped selling its chicken salad.
"No one, thank goodness, got sick. We disposed of it and we are currently not selling it," he said.
Listeriosis is a serious infection caused by the germ listeria monocytogenes.
People usually become ill with listeriosis after eating contaminated food.
The disease primarily affects pregnant women, newborns, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.
The Centers for Disease Control says it's rare for people in other groups to get sick with listeria infection.
This is not the first issue at Penn Dutch.
In May 2018, an inspector noted that fresh cod fish purchased at the store had a very strong smell of ammonia. The inspector also saw smoked salmon covered in mold.
When the inspector returned the next day, the molded salmon had been put back on the floor for sale.
"We are not perfect. We understand that," Salsberg said. "We are going to go above and beyond to do the right thing. We value our customers and we value the quality of food that we sell. Most importantly, we want it to be safe for everyone."
Penn Dutch has been opened for 44 years.


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August 23, 2022 – Chicago-based FOODWORKS, a restaurant incubator that specializes in unique dining solutions throughout the country, has launched GREEN Powered by FOODWORKS in partnership with Produce For Better Health Foundation (PBH) BB #:157162, the nonprofit organization powering the Have A Plant Movement to advance fruit and vegetable consumption in America.
GREEN’s launch this September 2022 coincides with National Fruits & Veggies Month (NFVM) – an annual, month-long celebration to inspire greater consumption of fruits and vegetables and elevate consumption as a national priority.
GREEN will highlight chefs across the country who create unique, exciting and flavorful experiences in dining that are both healthy and sustainable by integrating more fruits and vegetables into menu items.
The guiding principles for GREEN are based on the Culinary Institute of America’s “Menus of Change” and FOODWORKS mutual commitment to advancing public education and availability around plant-forward options in the American diet. Together, FOODWORKS and PBH will bring the message of plant-forward dining in collaboration with chefs and restaurants through the Have A Plant Movement platform.
“This is a focus on a balanced and sustainable approach to health through amazing flavor experiences with that emphasis on fruits and vegetables versus a focus on vegan or vegetarian menu offerings,” said John Coker, President of FOODWORKS.
“PBH launched the Have A Plant Movement to leverage the plant-forward eating trend as a way to help American’s eat and enjoy more fruits and vegetables – the plants that no one is eating enough of – every single day for better health and happiness,” said Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN, President & CEO of PBH.
“FOODWORKS’ partnership with PBH demonstrates their commitment to help keep fruits and vegetables at the forefront of menus and make away-from-home dining experiences more flavorful and enjoyable so that consumers want to choose fruits and veggies at every meal and snack occasion. We are thrilled to work with FOODWORKS’ innovative team and extend the Have A Plant Movement across America.”
FOODWORKS has created a network of partners across the country to support the plant-forward efforts of GREEN. Both larger and specifically local restaurants have been encouraged by the potential of more exposure, especially in non-traditional environments like corporate dining, colleges and universities, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution. Partners include regional operators like DIG, Protein Kitchen, Sweetgreen and more.
Simultaneously, the major cities in the FOODWORKS portfolio will launch with this all-new, balanced approach to plant-forward eating experiences in major cities such as New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with more following in late fall/winter of 2022.
For more information about FOODWORKS, please visit foodworkslocal.com or follow @FoodworksLocal on Instagram and Facebook.
About the Produce for Better Health Foundation
Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH), a nonprofit 501(c)(3), is the only national organization dedicated to helping consumers live happier, healthy lives by eating more fruits and vegetables, including fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice, every single day.
Since 1991, PBH has invested decades into developing trended insights on attitudes toward all forms of fruit and vegetable consumption, in addition to campaigns and partnerships with government, food industry stakeholders, health professionals and other thought leaders to collaborate, facilitate and advocate for increased intake. Campaigns included first, the 5-A-Day program, and then, the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters public health initiative. While five fruits and vegetables each day is great advice, and more will always matter, PBH’s new behavior-based call-to-action is Have A Plant®. Rooted in behavioral science, PBH’s transformative Have A Plant® Movement is an invitation that will inspire people with compelling reasons to believe in the powerful role fruits and vegetables can play to create happy, healthy and active lives.
PBH is also responsible for the Lead The Change Collaborative Consumption Campaign– a multi-sector, multi-year initiative designed to maximize the power of PBH’s unique thought leadership position, widespread influencer network, credible scientific and market research, and, most importantly, its innovative members and partners, to lead a call-to-action for addressing the global fruit and vegetable consumption crisis. The initiative includes research, thought leadership and communication platforms to ensure the campaign speaks with One Purpose, One Voice and One Call-to-Action. For more information visit: www.fruitsandveggies.org/leadthechange.
FOODWORKS partners with unique local restaurants and provides them with operating space in office buildings, retail developments, universities and other dining venues. FOODWORKS restaurant partners are neighborhood restaurants and women- and minority-owned businesses that share the same commitment to quality, sustainability and community involvement as FOODWORKS and its parent companies. For more information, visit https://foodworkslocal.com or follow @foodworkslocal on Instagram and Facebook.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation is THE ONLY 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization dedicated to increasing consumption of all fruits and vegetables for America’s health and happiness.
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China Stocks: ICBC, Huaxin, Kweichow Moutai, Vanke, Wuliangye
Banks: China needs to raise interest rates by another 200 basis points to curb inflation given existing excess liquidity, Zhong Jiyin, an economist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, wrote in a commentary in the China Daily today.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (601398 CH), the nation’s largest lender, declined 2.1 percent to 4.20 yuan, the lowest since Oct. 13. China Construction Bank Corp. (601939 CH) fell 1.7 percent to 4.62 yuan.
Huaxin Cement Co. (900933 CH) gained 3 percent to 2.40 yuan, the most in two weeks. The company announced a plan to buy a cement maker in the central province of Hubei.
Property Developers: Moody’s Investors Service said that it has a stable outlook for China’s property sector, although a “moderate downward correction” is expected in prices during 2011.
Consumer Staples Producers: A gauge of consumer staples companies in the CSI 300 Index slid for the first time in nine days, losing 4.6 percent, on speculation this month’s gains were excessive. The index has rallied 8.1 percent in November, the most among the 10 industry groups.
Kweichow Moutai Co. (600519 CH), a spirits maker, fell 5.4 percent to 204.81 yuan, narrowing this month’s gains to 25 percent. Rival Wuliangye Yibin Co. (000858 CH) dropped 4 percent to 39.13 yuan, trimming the November advance to 4.4 percent.
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ROTOCON’s new range of CHROME printing and finishing equipment provides customers with greater customisability and modular upgrade options, without having to break the bank.
CHROME follows ROTOCON’s ECOLINE range of printing and finishing equipment launched in 2017 when the company identified a need for quality-built machines – featuring solid, vibration-free construction, an open design, userfriendly control panel and the latest technology to maximise operator friendliness – which was affordable for start-ups and medium-sized converting companies.
This new series of machines provide label and flexible packaging printers with greater customisability and modular upgrade options to expand their market reach. The success and proven reliability track record of the ECOLINE range, and the changing needs beyond the self-adhesive labelling industry have triggered the launch of CHROME to ensure both versatility and affordability. ROTOCON can tailor-make its CHROME machines with more converting options at a very attractive price and quality level.
ROTOCON founder and group CEO, Michael Aengenvoort, compares the ECOLINE to buying an economy class seat on an airline. ‘With an economy class ticket, space and options are limited. The same goes for ECOLINE, you know what you’re getting when buying this machine. The idea with CHROME is to give customers more versatility just like when they upgrade to a business class ticket but without such a premium price tag.’
As part of ROTOCON’s long-term partnership approach and commitment to providing exceptional service and after-sales support, Michael says they’ve listened to customers’ requests for more customised solutions. ’There was a need and an opportunity to fill a specific gap in the market. With the ECOLINE, customers came up to us and said: ‘I like the price, but can you add this, or tweak this?’ We saw the need for a machine that still bears the same economic price tag, but something that’s high-quality, modular and versatile.’
ROTOCON can develop each CHROME model according to a customer’s specifications to successfully run a wider range of materials and applications. ‘We wanted CHROME to be branded separately from the ECOLINE range,’ says sales director, Pascal Aengenvoort. ‘The quality standard of these machines is just incredible. What’s great is that you can now stay completely within the ROTOCON family, even when you require more high-end applications.’
Pascal adds that the team has already received five confirmed bookings for CHROME within only a few months since the launch of the brand. For converters serving the wine industry, ROTOCON can customise the CHROME ROTOCON Digital Finishing (RDF) embellishment package accordingly to include cold and hot foiling, embossing, and rotary screen printing to produce top-notch finished labels.
For printing stretchable unsupported films, he reports that ROTOCON offers an advanced drive package for the CHROME ROTOCON Flexo Press (RFP) to produce better results across multiple substrates (20 to 600µm), faster set-up times, and a wider range of packaging application possibilities.
Similarly, the CHROME RSI (vertical) and RSH (horizontal) slitting, inspection, and rewinder systems can feature this upgraded drive system to rewind tension-sensitive filmic materials such as shrink, BOPP, and PET at output rates of up to 320m/min. Additionally, specifying these models with an automatic slitting system instead of using a manual crush knife or razor slitting will help improve production efficiencies.
’Whether it’s a semi-rotary print station, foiling station for embossing or multi-layers of foil, a silkscreen station, or semi-rotary die-cut station, we can customise the CHROME machine to meet each customer’s specific needs,’ Pascal states.
While most customers still opt for the top-of-the-range machines, Michael says more and more customers are considering whether a top-end machine is really necessary for their specific requirements. “Instead, customers are opting for the CHROME, which offers the best of both worlds: a high-quality, fully-customisable machine with a more affordable price tag.’
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Moving to cold Minneapolis won`t be too difficult for Ian A. Martin because he grew up in a chilly Scotland climate, and he had good reason to believe that his company, Grand Metropolitan PLC of Britain, would be moving there anyway.
Martin, chief executive of Grand Met`s U.S. operations, said at the outset of his firm`s $5 billion bid for Pillsbury Co., headquartered in Minneapolis, that Grand Met would pursue the food and restaurant conglomerate until it acquired it. After a little more than two months of court hearings and negotiations, the Britons triumphed with an agreement to purchase Pillsbury for $66 a share, or $5.75 billion.
''What we`ve got to do now is get all the acquisition business out of the way and focus on the two most important groups of people, the customers and the employees,'' Martin said in an interview. ''I know we`ll make an orderly transition.''
An amiable, forthcoming businessman, Martin said he is looking forward to participating in the Minneapolis community when Grand Met`s U.S. operations move from Montvale, N.J. The British liquor and retailing firm won`t officially claim ownership until mid-January, Martin said.
Pillsbury`s shareholders have until Jan. 3 to tender their shares to Grand Met.
However, the firm was ordered by the judge who struck down Pillsbury`s main antitakeover weapon, the ''poison pill,'' to pay shareholders who do not tender their shares the same $66 a share price.
Meanwhile, Martin said Minneapolis business leaders have requested meetings with him, and he had a four-hour meeting with Pillsbury Chairman Philip L. Smith recently in Minneapolis.
''We had a cordial meeting,'' Martin said, adding that both agreed they were merely trying to act in the best interests of their shareholders during the course of the negotiations. ''He (Smith) indicated that he will do everything possible to help with the transition.''
He said Smith will ''leave to find his own future'' after the ownership changes.
Martin said Smith introduced him to most of Pillsbury`s top executives during their meeting, but he did not meet Burger King Chairman Jerry W. Levin. ''I`ve heard Levin is a first-class operator,'' Martin said. ''I`m looking forward to meeting him.''
Despite analysts` doubts about Grand Met`s ability to reverse Burger King`s disappointing performance, Martin said the company`s experience with brand name management and franchisee operations qualifies it for the task.
Grand Met owns Pearle vision centers, half of which are operated by franchisees, Martin said. Of its 5,200 pubs and restaurants in Europe, a
''significant number'' are franchised, a company spokeswoman said.
The firm also built its fast-food franchising muscle within the last week by acquiring Wienerwald, a chain of 231 West German fast-food restaurants, the largest licensed restaurant chain in continental Europe, the spokeswoman said. In addition to its Pearle vision centers, Grand Met may best be recognized in the United States for Alpo dog food. In Illinois, Grand Met has 60 Pearle outlets and an Alpo warehouse in Matoon.
Founded in 1961, Grand Met is a youngster compared to the 119-year-old Pillsbury Co.
But Martin, 53, says Pillsbury`s food operations, including its frozen foods, flours and cake mixes, are in good shape thanks to valuable names such as the Green Giant and the Doughboy.
''I am very much of the school, `If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it,` '' he said. ''The food business looks like it`s in good shape as you can tell by looking at market shares.''
He added that Grand Met`s management will ''address cost issues,'' to trim down the company and pump more funds into brand management.


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The battle to scoop up investors' money for newly approved bitcoin ETFs is shaping up to be a fierce one among BlackRock, Fidelity and other financial firms.
If the newcomers want to take a giant leap forward, experts say they could consider buying the incumbent in bitcoin investing: Grayscale.
The crypto asset manager earlier this month got permission to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an ETF. At the same time, nine other companies won the ability to create their own bitcoin ETFs.
Follow the latest bitcoin ETF approval coverage Here
Grayscale started with a huge lead. After a decade operating as a closed-end fund, the investment pool had accumulated almost $30 billion of bitcoin. The newcomers started at zero. The gap has shrunk some as investors remove money from GBTC and the new funds collect money. But, at $22 billion, GBTC remains far ahead of the next two companies in the assets ranking: BlackRock and Fidelity, both at $1.4 billion.
Anyone looking to catch up might want to take a look.
"It's certainly possible that Grayscale could get acquired," said Brian D. Evans, CEO and founder of BDE Ventures. "They are sort of the standard now, and even my dad had heard of GBTC from a long time ago, so an acquisition could happen because they have some name recognition already."
A representative of Grayscale could not be reached for comment.
One of the strategies traditional financial players have used to grow their businesses is buying out their competitors. The recent launch of ten new spot bitcoin ETFs marked an unprecedented event in the world of finance: major players from crypto and TradFi competing for the same turf.
"A strategic acquisition of a firm such as Grayscale makes a ton of sense for the right traditional ETF issuer assuming the price is palatable," said Nate Geraci, president of the ETF Store, an advisory firm. "While only two weeks old, the spot bitcoin ETF category is already wildly competitive and has clearly turned into a scale game given how low expense ratios are. A traditional ETF issuer could quickly boost assets under management, gain business operating expertise, and also acquire some 'crypto street cred' by targeting the right crypto-fund native firm."
CoinShares, a crypto asset manager, recently bought the ETF unit of Valkyrie Investments, which has a new bitcoin ETF. Geraci predicts more transactions like this could happen sooner rather than later.
However, for Grayscale, a timeline for potential acquisition might be harder to gauge, given some uncertainties surrounding the firm. "Someone acquiring Grayscale is theoretically possible, possibly even likely over a long enough time frame, particularly with the current issues surrounding their parent company," said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart.
Grayscale is owned by Digital Currency Group. DCG, its Genesis subsidiary and former business partner Gemini Trust were sued by the state of New York in October for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $1 billion.
Grayscale's recently converted fund has also seen billions of redemptions from investors: more than $2 billion worth of GBTC has been sold since its conversion into an ETF.
BDE Ventures' Evans said that DCG's legal troubles and the large amount of money being pulled out of GBTC could expedite a sale.
"It makes you wonder about the timing of how this could play out," he said. "I suspect that were an acquisition to occur, it would likely happen sooner rather than later, because you want to acquire all that bitcoin before prices go up more."
Read more: After the ETF: Bitcoin’s Coming Power Struggle
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TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UNOapp and View the Vibe announce a partnership to bring a dynamic, digital marketing platform to restaurateurs, advancing value-added services for their clients.
Providing a mix of digital marketing systems and creative videos to restaurant owners across North America, their mission is to revitalize the way in which restaurateurs speak to their guests.
Through an easy-to-use platform, restaurants will have the ability to stay on the pulse of their marketing, and update multiple platforms in UNOclick. UNOapp will allow View the Vibe's restaurant partners to dynamically control their content on ViewTheVibe.com, while simultaneously updating content on their own website, social media channels and digital signage.
"View the Vibe's videos capture the essence of a restaurant in ways images and words can't begin to articulate," explains Nicki Laborie, founder of View the Vibe. "View the Vibe's video marketing system, along with the powerful suite of UNOapp's software and Digital Menubox [UNOapp's sister company], allows our restaurant partners to access a revolutionary digital marketing strategy that's streamlined and affordable."
Managing digital content for over 2,000 restaurants across North America, UNOapp employees began seeing merchants upload View the Vibe videos to their outdoor Digital Menuboxes, websites and social media, which is when the idea of a joint venture was born.
"We're delighted to offer View the Vibe clients the ability to take advantage of UNOapp. Building a successful business is about collaboration and partnership, and this is a situation where UNOapp and View the Vibe complement one another to drive sales for restaurants and reach a broader base of targeted consumers," says Oliver Centner, founder and CEO of UNOapp.
Restaurants are bombarded with marketing tools every day, but for anyone who knows the industry, getting the time to execute and producing great content, are the hard parts. UNOapp and View the Vibe take care of that, with the right campaign delivered to the right audience at the right time on the web, locally and socially.
UNOapp offers an automated marketing platform that gives restaurants the ability to pro-actively schedule campaigns in advance based on weather/environment, events/sports, present/future supply and demand to publish on all of their web, local and social channels delivering the right message to the right audience at the right time to drive the best results with frictionless execution. UNOapp offers three levels of support ranging from limited "DIY" upkeep to dedicated standby assistance. For more information, visit http://www.unoapp.com.
About View the Vibe
View the Vibe is a Toronto-based online video restaurant guide and social media platform. It leads the pack in restaurant video marketing by specializing in creative movie trailer-style videos for restaurants - and soon spas and hotels - and showcasing them via an experiential search engine and directory. Further, View the Vibe's reach is a spider-webbed syndication network, including partnerships (such as Tourism Toronto), varied social media avenues, silo sites, an array of video channels, and more. For more information, visit www.ViewTheVibe.com.
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Specialty Fashion expects earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortisation for the six months to December 31, to be between $21 million and $23 million, down from $31.2 million last year.
The slide is linked to an estimated $11 million loss from Rivers, which the company has been trying to turn around after buying it for just $3.9 million in November 2013.
Specialty Fashion CEO, Gary Perlstein, said the company’s other businesses, which include the Katies and Millers chains, had performed well but heavy discounting had hurt Rivers.
“Continued discounting activity, whilst crucial to accelerate the improvement of the Rivers business in the medium term, has had a significant negative impact on our margins in the short term,” he said.
“Nevertheless, we remain confident that Rivers will make a meaningful contribution to the company’s profitability in future years, alongside our other brands.”
Excluding Rivers, Specialty Fashion recorded comparable sales growth of 5.7 per cent during the six months to December 31, while total sales jumped 27.4 per cent to $413 million during the half.
Specialty Fashion shares had climbed four cents, or more than five per cent, to 75 cents as of 1030 AEDT.


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Facebook has been using the phone numbers that you gave them for two-factor authentication for targeted advertisement behind the scenes.
You might be familiar with two-factor authentication, it’s a way to confirm your identity online and a number of social networks and websites use this method. It adds another layer of security to your account and also makes it easier to log in.
In two-factor authentication or 2FA, users supply their phone number to get a special code via text message from a particular website, app, or social network. That code is then sent to that website, to confirm your identity.
“At this point I consider Facebook a criminal enterprise. Maybe not legally, but morally” https://t.co/BrZ7Yeq5Jw
— DHH (@dhh) September 27, 2018
Facebook uses 2FA as well and has been doing so over the years, however, the latest report suggests that the social network has been using your number for more than just adding security to your account.
Only in a couple of weeks’ time, your number becomes available to advertisers to display you relevant online ads, after you supplied it for 2FA.
Facebook, disconcertingly, never disclosed this to its users while asking for their phone numbers.
The repurposing by Facebook of phone numbers, provided by users for SMS 2FA, to better target for advertising is utterly disgusting. I’m not easily shocked, but this… https://t.co/qFNgqMDFL1
— Eibhlís Nic Gearailt – Elizatech (@FitzTechLawIE) September 26, 2018
Two academics at two US-based universities carried out researches that detailed how the company uses information, that the user never explicitly agreed to share, for targeted advertisement. Their research made it to a story on Gizmodo after which Facebook confessed that it really was using 2FA numbers this way.
Facebook – Real-Life Evil Corp?
This isn’t the first time Facebook has used contact details of its users, including information that wasn’t personally provided to the company, such as using data from a person’s contacts and other apps in their smartphones. We already detailed the amount of data Facebook has stored on you, and it’s huge.
Another interesting bit is that Facebook users complained they were getting spammed with Facebook notifications on the number they provided for 2FA.
In response, the social network said that it was merely due to a bug, adding that the last thing they want “is for people to avoid helpful security features because they fear they will receive unrelated notifications”, said Alex Stamos, Facebook’s CSO.
Yet again, the CSO failed to disclose the behind-the-scenes story of what else the numbers were being used for, to target ads to its users.
A Facebook spokesperson, when contacted on this matter, said that the company merely “repurposes” the numbers provided to it for security purposes for its marketing practices.
We use the information people provide to offer a better, more personalized experience on Facebook, including ads. We are clear about how we use the information we collect, including the contact information that people upload or add to their own accounts. You can manage and delete the contact information you’ve uploaded at any time.
The spokesperson clarified that users can opt-out of getting ads on their numbers by not using Facebook’s 2FA security feature. That’s a surprising statement, coming from an organization that has been under fire for privacy mismanagement.


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SHOT Show 2018 Review
Then, the show spanned three days and comprised 5,600 attendees, 290 exhibitors and 51,153 net square feet of exhibit space. Fast forward to the 40th SHOT Show, held Jan. 23–26 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, this year’s event hosted over 60,000 attendees, featured 1,660 exhibitors (a number exceeding 2,100 when the two-day Suppliers Showcase is included) and occupied more than 645,000 net square feet. These figures have made the SHOT Show the 19th largest tradeshow in the U.S., seventh largest in Las Vegas and the largest event held at the Sands.
Long-Gun Sales In The “New Normal”
The landscape of firearms sales has changed drastically in the past two years. No longer are gun owners buying in a panic, afraid their ability to purchase guns and ammunition will be curtailed in the near future. Sales have slowed down as the industry is adjusting to an altered political climate.
Epie Martinez owns Silver Gun Sports in Pueblo, Colo. Although sales have slowed, Martinez lends what customers are buying now is much the same as what they’ve purchased over the past several years.


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West Bend Electrics was a division of Lincolnshire, Illinois-based Focus Products Group International LLC, and was sold to The Legacy Companies for an undisclosed price.
Founded in 1911, West Bend Electrics is a global distributor of small kitchen appliances and housewares. Its manufacturing is completed overseas, and its customer service and distribution operations are housed in West Bend and Pleasant Prairie.
Legacy plans to keep the southeastern Wisconsin operations the same, and all 45 employees will remain on board. The new parent company also plans to provide sales, product marketing and technical services support to West Bend.
Legacy has five manufacturing and distribution facilities in the U.S. and one in China. With the addition of West Bend, Legacy said it has additional distribution capacity and potential for growth both in the U.S. and abroad.
Some of West Bend Electric’s products will fall under Legacy’s Food Service Commercial division and some will be housed under the Retail Division.
“This strategic acquisition enhances Legacy’s offering of well-known and longstanding brands with significant growth potential,” said Neal Asbury, chief executive officer of The Legacy Cos. “Additionally, it strengthens Legacy’s global position as a leading housewares manufacturer and distributor.”


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The NSA says it retrieves only the online data tied to people outside the U.S., a limitation that is of little solace to companies such as Google and Facebook that generate most of their revenue overseas and see the ripest opportunities for growth in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
While industry executives protest government's intrusions on privacy, industry critics point out that technology companies continue to store and analyze troves of personal information in pursuit of more profit.
Google and its rivals "just want to be the exclusive spying source for their customers' data," American Civil Liberties Union senior analyst Christopher Soghoian said in a tweet last week.
Crisis communications expert Gene Grabowski believes the companies regret their initial decision to cooperate with the government. "It appears to more than a few people that they betrayed their customers," said Grabowski, an executive vice president for the public relations firm Levick.
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DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM – Get Rating) CFO Jereme M. Sylvain sold 2,400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $117.58, for a total transaction of $282,192.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 74,711 shares in the company, valued at $8,784,519.38. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.
DexCom Stock Performance
Shares of DXCM opened at $116.73 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 1.82 and a current ratio of 2.02. The company has a market capitalization of $45.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 166.76 and a beta of 1.16. DexCom, Inc. has a 1 year low of $66.89 and a 1 year high of $126.44. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $117.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $114.51.
DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 27th. The medical device company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $7.45 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $720.52 million. DexCom had a net margin of 9.68% and a return on equity of 18.29%. DexCom’s revenue was up 1085.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.08 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that DexCom, Inc. will post 1.06 EPS for the current year.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On DexCom
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of DexCom in a research report on Thursday, January 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $121.00 target price on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of DexCom from $130.00 to $140.00 in a report on Friday, April 28th. Cowen upped their price target on shares of DexCom from $114.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 10th. BTIG Research upped their price target on shares of DexCom from $132.00 to $134.00 in a report on Friday, April 28th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of DexCom from $110.00 to $115.00 in a report on Monday, May 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, DexCom currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $126.81.
DexCom Company Profile
DexCom, Inc is a medical device manufacturing company, which engages in the design, development and commercialization of glucose monitoring systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes. Its products include Dexcom G6 CGM System, DexCom G6 CGM System for Medicare, Software and Mobile apps. The company was founded by John F.
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Khmer Beverages yesterday unveiled a one-year $25,000 sponsorship package to the Cambodia Cycling Federation. The announcement came yesterday at a press conference alongside representatives of the company at the headquarters of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC).
Vong Khanpao, General Secretary of the Cambodian Cycling Federation, said the budget package would support the federation to host better events. In addition, the funds will be used for training at home and abroad.
“Since the federation has received aids from the private sector, we have been pushing our players to become better and aid them in their development,” said Mr. Khanpao.
Mr. Khampao stated the federation were working towards developing athletes for the 2019 SEA Games. He also called on other Cambodian companies to contribute to the development of the Cycling In the kingdom in order to prepare for the Phnom Penh 2023 SEA Games.
Khmer Beverages is the manufacturer of Cambodia beer and has in recent years stepped up its sponsorship of Cambodian athletes and sporting federations. Earlier this year, it signed a package with Cambodia’s Tennis Federation ahead of their participation in the Davis Cup qualifiers.


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TVS Motor Company has announced the launch of its new Race Performance Series. The new Race Performance Series has been introduced in the TVS Apache series of motorcycles. The new TVS Apache RTR 165 RP is the first product under the Race Performance series. Only 200 units of this particular bike will come. That is, very few people will be able to buy this bike. As of the writing of this news, 11 motorcycles have been booked.
This is the ex-showroom price of the bike
The ex-showroom price of TVS Apache RTR 165 RP motorcycle is Rs 1.45 lakh. This new model is based on the TVS Apache RTR 160 4V bike. The RP Edition is powered by a 164.9cc single-cylinder, four-valve engine that churns out 18.9bhp at 10,000rpm and 14.2Nm of peak torque at 8,750rpm.
Also read- Hero MotoCorp’s last chance to buy bikes cheaply, prices going up to Rs 2000
The bike has come with many premium features
TVS Apache RTR 165 RP bike comes with race-tuned slipper clutch, adjustable clutch and brake levers. The bike gets all-new racing decals, red-alloy wheels and a new seat pattern. TVS Apache RTR 165 RP comes with the latest technology along with many premium features. To deliver superior braking performance, this model gets first-in-segment 240mm rear disc brakes.
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Beef Magazine: Senators introduce mandatory COOL resolution
U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D., Mont.) and Mike Rounds (R., S.D.), along with a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced a resolution May 13 to support mandatory country-of-origin labeling (mCOOL) for beef products in the U.S. in an effort to provide critical support to American cattle producers hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The resolution, co-sponsored by Sens. Steve Daines (R., Mont.), John Thune (R., S.D.) and Cory Booker (D., N.J.), urges the U.S. to enter into necessary trade negotiations to allow mCOOL to be re-implemented in a manner that is compliant with World Trade Organization regulations. Re-implementing mCOOL would bring back laws and regulations repealed in 2015 that required retailers to inform customers which country beef commodities originated in, providing more transparency to American shoppers and giving American producers a competitive edge.
Tester said, “It’s no secret that Montana ranchers raise the finest beef in the world, but American consumers have no way of knowing if the steak they’re getting at the supermarket comes from Absarokee or Australia. It’s clear that Americans want to buy American-made products if they have the option, and country-of-origin labeling gives Montana producers the upper hand by showing that their cattle were raised within our borders, not halfway around the world.”
Rounds noted that mCOOL for beef products “fits within our discussions on how to improve food security, transparency for consumers and supply chain issues, all of which have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening both producers and consumers. This is not only misleading to consumers when they purchase meat at the grocery store, [but] it puts our producers at a competitive disadvantage when marketing their products.”
He added that this resolution is the broadest and strongest bipartisan support seen for mCOOL since it was eliminated in 2015, and it begins the critical and necessary discussion on food security in America. “This is a win-win for producers and consumers. MCOOL proponents – including those who represent consumers and cattle producers – who are sincerely interested in moving the ball forward on mCOOL should get behind our legislation and help force the issue.
“Our goal should be to gain support and include it in must-pass COVID-19 legislation, both of which will encourage the President’s action,” Rounds said.
COOL regulations are currently in effect for several products, including chicken, lamb, goat, farm-raised and wild-caught fish and shellfish and most nuts. In 2015, however, Congress repealed the law requiring the origin labels for beef, reducing the competitive advantage for American-made beef products. The senators said that decision has been blamed for tumbling prices and forcing American producers to compete with foreign meat.
Tester and Rounds have been outspoken critics of importing beef from Brazil after reports surfaced in 2017 that the country was exporting rotten beef and attempting to cover it up with cancer-causing acid products. The senators and a bipartisan group of 12 colleagues sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture re-evaluate the decision to lift the ban on Brazilian beef imports implemented in 2017.
R-CALF USA, an industry group that has long advocated for mCOOL, said the resolution falls short of what the industry needs, and it continues to “work aggressively” to find members of Congress willing to introduce new mCOOL legislation.
In late April, with the help of Cowboys for Trump and grassroots rancher-members of R-CALF USA, R-CALF USA launched a petition drive at www.DemandUSABeef.com calling on Congress and President Donald Trump to immediately pass mCOOL for beef, pork and dairy products to strengthen America’s food security interests and help stimulate economic growth.
R-CALF USA chief executive officer Bill Bullard said currently more than 375,000 petitioners have urged Congress and the President to pass new mCOOL legislation as an essential response to this ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Bullard pointed out that during the pandemic, while American cattle ranchers are being denied access to their own markets and have been for several weeks, packers and other importers have continued to import tens of thousands of foreign cattle into the U.S. each week from Canada and Mexico.
“It’s unconscionable for the U.S. to allow foreign cattle to displace American cattle producers’ access to their own domestic market, and only with mCOOL can consumers begin supporting the American food supply chain by choosing to buy beef that is exclusively born, raised and harvested in the United States,” he said.
Bullard noted that the resolution filed today will not provide U.S. cattle producers any relief from the rising tide of imported cattle and beef arriving from about 20 foreign countries.


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Another fast-casual pizza concept is coming to the Phoenix area — this time in Scottsdale.
Pizza Me will open in Scottsdale’s McCormick Ranch area, offering diners an assembly line, build-your-own model a la fast-casual behemoth Chipotle.
Bray, who grew up in McCormick Ranch, said he wanted to open a restaurant in his home neighborhood that fit somewhere in between the high-end and low-end offerings already available.
Affordability was key, he added. Pizza Me’s 11-inch pies will cost $7.38 and the kids’ 6-inch size will cost $4.38.
Customers can choose an unlimited number of toppings for their pie or they can choose from a selection of signature pies.
In addition to pizza, Pizza Me also will offer build-your-own salads, as well as a line of soft drinks, tea and milk shakes. The restaurant also will have wine and craft beer available.
Pizza Me plans to hire 20 to 25 workers at first. The restaurant is hosting a job fair this weekend, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McCormick Ranch location. Interested individuals can apply in person.
While it is a brand-new concept, Pizza Me already is in negotiations for additional locations, Bray said, adding he hopes the second store will be open by September.
The budding restaurant chain also is developing franchise options for potential franchisees in Arizona and Texas.
Pizza Me is the latest in a burgeoning line of fast-casual pizza concepts that have begun to pop up as the fast-casual model continues to be the lone growth sector in the restaurant industry.
Similar concepts such as Pizza Studio, which recently opened its first Phoenix store at CityScape in downtown Phoenix, and locally developed Fired Pie, also offer the build-your-own pizza model.


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Corporate finance is also present in the security sector. This is evidenced by the agreement reached by Telefónica to acquire a 50% stake from Prosegur in its alarm business in Spain for €300M. With this alliance, both companies seek to accelerate the development of this business and evolve the offer of security services.
The Spanish alarm market has not only experienced significant growth rates, but this trend is expected to increase over the years due, above all, to the fundamental role that security will play in the connected home. For this reason, Telefónica is broadening its horizons and is once again focusing on the security market.
The Spanish multinational has acquired recently a 50% stake in Prosegur Alarms, an operation valued at 300M€ which the teleco could pay, partially or in full, in treasury shares. In this case, and taking into account that Telefónica's current share price is 6.72 euros, Prosegur would hold 0.8% of the operator's capital.
The alliance is still pending approval by the relevant authorities, but the agreement means that both companies will jointly manage the alarm business with two clear objectives:
This is not the first time that Telefónica has entered the world of security with major brands in the sector. Back in 2015, the company signed a commercial agreement with Securitas Direct which included the home alarm in its Fusion packages for a price of 25 euros per month. However, the results disappointed expectations, which led to the break-up of relations three years later.
It is worth mentioning that Securitas currently holds half of the market share in Spain, while Prosegur holds around 10%.
In addition, the agreement with Telefónica has boosted Prosegur's share price on the continuous market. The company closed the session with the biggest rise on the market, up 9.9%.%. Even so, its shares have lost more than 12% of their value on the stock market so far this year.
In contrast, the news had less effect on Telefónica, which advanced only 0.78%.
With this acquisition, the Catalan Big Data consultancy specialising in the analysis of large amounts of information in the areas of customer insight, fraud prevention, risk and M&A is integrated into Telefónica's global Business Intelligence & Big Data department.
Telefónica Digital, the Spanish multinational's global digital innovation unit, also acquired a strategic stake in the company Saluspot, which specialises in a free online consultation service with advice from registered doctors.
This agreement accelerated the firm's growth and expansion in Latin America due to the capabilities and power of the Telefónica brand in the region.


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The price of bread in New Zealand is set to rise as Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts pressure on global wheat prices.
Ukraine and Russia account for about 30 per cent of global wheat exports and since the conflict began global prices have risen sharply due to supply fears.
Flour Millers Association secretary Andy Worrill says about 70 per cent of the wheat used in flour production in New Zealand was imported, mostly from Australia.
Worrill says while its members did not directly import wheat from Russia and Ukraine, other countries that did are now looking to Australia to bolster their supplies.
"So, inevitably, there's likely to be a price increase to get wheat into New Zealand and we expect that to flow through to pricing at some point for wheat based food products."
Worrill says some members have forward contracts which will help delay price increases "to some extent," but new orders will have to start being placed for future supply reasonably soon.
"The bottom line is that there is uncertainty around just where that wheat price is going to end up, the wheat that comes out of Russia and Ukraine is a significant part of world supply and the disruption to that market will inevitably have an impact on the world price."
Lincoln University agribusiness professor Hamish Gow, who specalises in trade policy and global value chains, says bread will likely be one of the first food products where consumers noticed a price hike as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"[It's] impacting grain prices immeditately... so it'll probably come through and things like bread and oil, vegetable oils first and then it'll start feeding its way into other ones."
Food manufacturers can cover higher input costs for only so long before they have to start passing some of this on to consumers, he says.
Gow says countries which have not placed sanctions on Russia, such as China, are likely to receive grain from Russia at a discounted rate - something which is already being seen on the energy market.


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit claiming Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart discriminated against him when they refused to sell the 20-year-old a rifle.
Dick's and Walmart restricted gun sales to adults 21 and older in the wake of the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre. The 19-year-old accused in the school slaying bought the AR-15 used in the attack legally.
Oregon law allows residents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at age 18.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Tyler Watson's lawsuit filed Monday claims he faced age discrimination from Dick's and Walmart. The lawsuit is believed to be the first filed over the new gun policies.
Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove says the retailer will defend its new policy. A representative from Dick's hasn't responded to a request for comment.
The lawsuit documents indicate that Tyler Watson is a Gold Hill resident. The lawsuit against Dick's says, on February 24th this year, Watson tried to buy a .22 caliber Ruger 10/22 rifle in the Field and Stream store in Medford. The lawsuit says he was refused because he was under 21. The lawsuit against Walmart says, on March 3rd this year, Watson tried to buy a rifle from the Walmart in Grants Pass. The lawsuit says he was again denied a sale because he was under 21.
Lawsuit documents says Watson wants both Dick's and Walmart to, "stop unlawfully discriminating against 18, 19, and 20 year-old customers at all Oregon locations."


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Samsung is leading the smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2011, interestingly it has taken over apples iPhone in order to go at the top. Meanwhile both of the companies have compiled several lawsuit infringements over each other. Due to the rise in sale of Samsung's smartphone this year, a bitter rivalry between apple and Samsung have evolved. In past Samsung use to develop microchips for apple but it is not the case any more due to the newly evolved rivalry.
Rise in sale of Samsung's smart phones are that they are cheap compare to apple iPhone 4s. There are plenty of phones to select with different operating systems. Even there most expensive phone Samsung galaxy S II is cheaper then the iPhone 4S.
Currently Samsung is developing Windows based mobile phones as well as android based smart phones, that's why it is quite harsh to compare the sales of Samsung smart phone over apple's iPhone 4s. Seeing the percentage share of operating system in mobile phone market apple's iOS is doing great.
Decline in the sales of iPhone in the third quarter is mainly due to the reason that apple didn't release its iPhone 5 for which people were waiting for quite a long time. There decision to release iPhone 4s instead iPhone 5 was a major set back for the company. Things may change quite soon in the second quarter of 2012 as apple is considering the launch of iPhone 5 with iPad 3.


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A survey of customers in the UK hammers home Apple’s dominance when it comes to wireless in-ear headphones. According to a report by Counterpoint Research, 63% of respondents named Apple as a preferred brand when picking their next wireless in-ear headphones.
Apple trounced the competition that included Bose, Sony, the Apple-owned Beats, Samsung and others. While respondents were able to name multiple brands, the quantity of people who mentioned Apple makes clear just how much of a name Apple has carved out for itself in this market.
“Apple will continue its dominance of the UK hearable market because of its loyal smartphone user base,” Pavel Naiya, Senior Analyst at Counterpoint Research, said in a statement. According to Counterpoint, active noise cancellation tech is a big selling point for wireless headphones. Close to 90% of respondents said they were interested in it. This is a feature that Apple introduced for its AirPods with the AirPods Pro last year.
Six in 10 respondents said they would be buying wireless headphones within the next year.
AirPods have been a massive hit for Apple
Last year, Apple sold close to 60 million AirPods wireless headphones, according to reports. In 2020, Apple is projected to sell more than 100 million AirPods units. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of product marketing, recently said that, “It was almost like wildfire how quickly it spread. [AirPods have] done even better than we could ever imagine.”
If rumors are to be believed, Apple will stop packaging earbuds with the iPhone starting with this year’s iPhone 12. While that could trigger a short-lived backlash online, it will also likely boost AirPods sales.
At Monday’s WWDC, Apple announced new features for its AirPods which will debut with iOS 14. The biggest change, exclusive to the AirPods Pro, will be a new Spatial Audio feature. The feature will use motion tracking to replicate a movie theater-style surround sound listening experience.
What is your pick for the current best wireless headphones available? Let us know in the comments below.


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Richard Stanton, formerly digital partner at MEC, and Toby Strangewood, ex-group strategy director at Maxus, have called the outfit Wake The Bear.
Backed by media and entertainment company Reach4Entertainment, the duo’s new venture will offer brand and communication strategy through to activation.
However, by employing what they are calling a “brand sprint” approach they say is fast at creating strategy and in seeing results, the agency will not be concerned with “activating everything ourselves” and instead will outsource the creation of advertising materials if needed.
Stanton told Campaign: “Clients are asking agencies to do wider things, things beyond what media can do in order to drive growth. The industry has got to a point where our starting point is wrong – having a core capability of media and talking to clients about the right strategy that they should have was almost debilitating.
“There are so many other things we need to consider for clients; it could be anything from developing a website to making decisions about PR – but when you’re based in an agency and core output is predefined, it’s very difficult to give a pure and neutral answer to the client.”
He insists that the company’s commitment to speed will mean the agency will not spend time “producing huge strategic documents, data-mining and playing with tech if it is not helpful”.
They’ll even hire the marketers for the brand
While Stanton admits what Wake The Bear is offering is “not necessary revolutionary” – big network agency groups are talking about breakdown down communication siloes ad nauseum – he insists his company will go further as a brand consultancy.
For example, Wake The Bear is also prepared to outsource marketing teams to assist the client, given that most startups and challenger brands will not have a team of people in place.
“If a brand has the potential to grow really quicky, they might not have good marketers in-house. One of our solutions is to build a team of people to act as an outsource marketing company.”
Wake the Bear, which launched last month, has two clients that Stanton would not name but described as a fintech company, and one with a “large interior design-focused company outside of the UK” that is entering the market.
Stanton, who had been at MEC for eight years before leaving last year, focused on data ecommerce and content while at MC&C. Before joinig in MEC in 2009 he was a senior account manager at UM.
Strangewood, meanwhile, had worked with Stanton at MEC since joining in 2014 as digital client strategy director. Within 18 months he became group strategy director before moving to Maxus in the same role. At MC&C he was group strategy director and has experience working client-side after a near-three-year stint as marketing director at MIO Global until 2011.


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The Celebrity Memorabilia
Cherished memorabilia from the stars.
Memory, as Oscar Wilde had written in his famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest, is the diary that we all carry about with us. The recollections of our first bicycle ride, first day at school, very first love letter or the first ever award won, are cherished by each and every one of us. These memories can never be forgotten, rather shared with others.
That is exactly what Maliha Malek Quadir and her team at bracNet had in mind when they were looking for ways to connect people and at the same time lend a helping hand to the not so lucky ones in society. “It was actually Sumala Chowdhury, the assistant manager of Sales and Marketing, who came up with this concept,” says Maliha, Director of portal and mobile services of bracNet, an online portal in Bangladesh. Celebrities and famous names from the various fields in the country were asked to donate personal belongings, which would be sold on an online auction. The money from the sale would then be contributed to the Liberation War Museum, CRP and The Acid Victim's Foundation. “The concept of the Celebrity Memorabilia sale,” says Maliha, “is quite popular in other countries. I figured if it would work in India and other places, it would surely work here. This kind of an initiative has been taken for the very first time in Bangladesh.”
According to Maliha, people have been very helpful and the response from the celebrities has been marvellous. Interestingly enough, several famous names in the country donated their belongings to raise the fund for the charities. Besides clothing, CDs, props from plays, jewellery and other items, many actually parted with special bits and pieces of themselves. For instance, well known singer Fahmida Nabi, donated her first harmonium, which was given to her by her father Mahmudun Nabi. “She had this ever since she was a child,” says Maliha. Actress-turned director Afsana Mimi, donated several silver jewellery sets. The famous magician, Jewel Aich gave away one of his magician's costume along with some of his props, like the famous playing cards that he used years ago during his shows on stage. Actress Bipasha Hayat donated one of her paintings. “Bipasha is a wonderful artist and it's very difficult to get any of her paintings,” says a beaming Maliha. Eishita, the actress/dancer, parted with a pencil case that she used as a child at school and a gold pendant, among other items. The famous writer and professor Zafar Iqbal donated several of his books, while the popular band Artcell gave an autographed guitar. Some of the most precious items in the memorabilia are probably an award won by the young actress and model Tisha, the first Notun Kuri crest to her name and a rare record of the legendary musician Abdul Karim, given by actress and TV personality Shampa Reza.
The online auction is supposed to be launched officially on February 27 and to go on till March 30, 2007. “We will have a major event, where the cheques will be handed over to the charities,” says Maliha. Sponsored by Djuice and Hotel Radisson, the gala event scheduled to take place at Hotel Radisson on March 31, 2007, and attended by all the celebrities who had donated items to the auction. Akku Chowdhury from Transcom Food Ltd. (Pizza Hut and KFC) is supposed to hand over a matching fund to bracNet at the end of the auction.
“Our work revolves around connecting people,” says Maliha. “Here we are not only connecting people to their favourite celebrities but also bringing everyone together for a noble cause.”
Further information about the prices and other details regarding the auction can be found on www.bracnet.net.
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"I clearly like Apple".
After the US-based company, Apple released their earnings report, shares of the company saw a significant boost and when the legendary investor Warren Buffett revealed that Berkshire Hathaway picked up nearly 75 million shares of Apple during the March quarter.
If it crosses the trillion-dollar threshold, it will become the first United States company to do so - a title that fellow tech giants Amazon, Google and Microsoft have also been vying to achieve. We like very much the economics of their activities. "The top tech companies do have a very strong profit position right now but Apple has the most of all".
"Nobody buys a farm based on whether or not it's going to rain next year or not", Buffett explained.
In its Q1 2018 report, Apple also announced a new $100 billion stock buyback programme.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan elected PM of Armenia
Tankian's appearance came the evening before a parliamentary vote that was expected to see Pashinyan elected as prime minister. In a referendum in 2015, Armenia adopted constitutional changes to move the powers from the president to the prime minister.
The legendary investor also threw shade on day traders, who he said totally miss the point of investing in a company like Apple. For Mr. Tan, the big names mattered less than the Midwestern sensibilities: "There is a piece of this that really resonates with us, around being plain-spoken and investing in what you understand", he said. "With the passage of time, we may own 6 or 7 percent because they repurchase shares". "When you're buying nonproductive assets, all you're counting on is the next person is going to pay you more because they're even more excited about another next person coming along".
"I should say in the past we had plenty of times when - when a single stock was a bigger proportion of our total net worth. And we could buy a lot of it".
At its current share price of $187, Apple is worth almost $920 billion, well in excess of its rivals.
The endorsement was well received and Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to the endorsement and appreciation in kind in a statement where he said, "On a personal level, I've always greatly admired Warren and have always been grateful for his insight and advice".
Apple is once again closing in on becoming the first company to have a market cap of $1 trillion.


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Decatur will soon have a third frozen yogurt shop.
Froyolo also has shops at 1812 North Brown Road. Lawrenceville; 2130 Hamilton Creek Pkwy Dacula; and 720 Dacula Road, Dacula.
The Froyolo website says its first shop opened in October 2010 in Lawrenceville but now it’s expanding.
Article source: http://decatur.patch.com/articles/new-yogurt-place-in-decatur


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Paralympic athlete Maiara Barreto joins once more Inoar brand as its global ambassador
For the second time the athlete is invited by Inoar to become its ambassador representing globally its products and campaigns
São Paulo, September 03, 2021 - INOAR, Brazilian cosmetics brand most knowledgeable on beauty and diversity, introduces Maiara Barreto – its newest ambassador.
For the second time, the Paralympic athlete model and pharmacist is invited by the brand to be its ambassador, representing globally its products and campaigns. The model who has reduced mobility took part of Inoar’s #Different Campaign an initiative launched to promote inclusive beauty as a symbol of the brand’s representativeness in 2015.
Born in São José dos Campos, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, she graduated in Pharmacy by the University of São Paulo and always practiced swimming. But only in 2009, after a motorcycle accident, she faced the sport as a lifestyle. The swimming pools helped the rehabilitation of her quadriplegia, and it did not take long for her to become a high-level athlete.
An incredible amount of will force and perseverance are added to the qualities of this pharmacist who won the silver medal in the 50 meters backstroke, class S3, at the Parapan American Games of 2019 in Lima, Peru.
Recently Maiara took part in the Tokyo Paralympic games wining a 4th place in the quest for gold along important athletes from Europe and United States.
“To become Inoar’s ambassador is a privilege. I am very honored and hope that this movement of becoming an ambassador of a beauty brand will be the beginning and the entry way to help more and more people to achieve these opportunities” says the parathlete.
Inoar always had a social role based on the transforming power of beauty, that goes beyond hair transformation, because it focuses on an entrepreneurship accessible to everyone, no distinctions being made.
“Representativeness is a mandatory word in the beauty world, and for Inoar is a reality that became the brand’s day-to-day motto, since 2015 I make a point of including in our campaigns persons with different profiles, next to models or not, in order to stress the beauty of diversity. Therefore I invited Maiara Barreto, Paralympic athlete and pharmacist to become our new ambassador” states Inocência Manoel, Inar’s cofounder.
Brazilian company, reference in the local and international markets, Inoar Cosmetics brings in its DNA, the creation of products inspired in different profiles of persons, with innovation, state of the art technology and the know-how of those who understand the needs of professionals and end consumers.


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Hanjin Shipping said it had a net loss of 638 billion South Korean won in 2012 ($587 million), compared to 823.9 billion won in 2011.
The company’s operating loss was 109.8 billion won compared to an operating loss of 512.9 billion won in 2011.
South Korea’s largest container shipping company said annual sales were 10.6 trillion won in 2012, 11.2 percent more than in 2011.
Hanjin, which also has bulk operations, moved 4,477,043 TEUs in 2012, 7.4 percent more than in 2011, and container sales were 8.7 trillion won, 14.5 percent more than in 2011.
But despite those higher volumes, Hanjin had an operating loss from container operations of 162.8 billion won, an amount that was much smaller than the 563.7 billion operating loss from containers recorded in 2011.
The company said the reduction in operating loss was due to increased container volumes and rate recovery on main service lanes.
Container freight rates have rebounded by 5.3 percent year-on-year, Hanjin said, but the container business was affected by high oil prices and “limited container freight rate recovery affected by oversupply.”
The bulk division "remained in the black due to positive operation profit in the long-term contract business,” achieving 19.2 billion won operating profit, despite an 11 percent reduction, year-on-year, in shipment volume.
Hanjin forecast that a “Supply-heavy market will persist in the container sector due to the continuation of new mega-vessel deliveries. However, the economic recovery of the U.S. and China with Europe’s financial crisis stabilizing is expected to raise the shipment volume and the carriers are to continue from last year the various supply-control strategies such as early scrapping of uneconomic vessels, continuation of slow steaming, service rationalization, idling and temporary voyage cancellation. Hence, profitability is expected to improve because of timely rate restoration by maintaining high operating rate and because of cost-reduction efforts.
“The bulk shipments are expected to increase due to global economic recovery, including China. However, the global bulk market will remain weak for the time-being due to oversupply of all vessel sizes,” Hanjin said.
“In 2013, in spite of some difficulties due to continued high oil prices and global economic uncertainties, we will ensure to achieve net profit by continuing rate recovery efforts, as well as active cost-saving, etc.,” the company said. - Chris Dupin


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SAO PAULO: Brazil on Thursday cleared imports of flour from Argentina made with wheat modified genetically to withstand drought and a typical herbicide, making it the primary market on the earth to grant such approval.
Brazilian biosecurity company CTNBio mentioned the unanimous choice utilized solely to wheat flour. The ruling adopted a request by Tropical Melhoramento Genético, a accomplice of Argentina-based Bioceres SA, which developed the wheat selection proof against ammonium glufosinate.
Brazilian flour millers have threatened to cease shopping for wheat from Argentina if CTNBio authorised GMO wheat imports from the neighboring nation.
“The choice was by a technical company, however you will need to see what the Brazilian market desires. It appears like shoppers in Brazil don’t need GMO wheat,” mentioned Gustavo Idigoras, head of Argentina’s CIARA-CEC chamber of grains exporters.
Some 55,000 hectares in Argentina have been planted with the GMO wheat on a experimental foundation, in line with firm disclosures.
Moreover, Brazilian inventory trade operator B3 SA will launch a neighborhood soyabean futures contract developed in partnership with the CME Group, B3 mentioned on Wednesday, because it goals to enhance hedging instruments for the grain provide chain in Brazil.
In keeping with B3, the so-called “Futuro de Soja Brasil” contract can have Santos port exporting costs as its benchmark and monetary liquidation in US greenback per ton. It should begin buying and selling on Nov. 29.
B3 mentioned in an announcement despatched to Reuters that the brand new contract comes from an settlement it had signed with the CME Group in 2020 to develop soyabean futures contracts to be traded in each bourses. “Futuro de Soja Brasil” acquired regulatory approval on late August, it added.
B3 mentioned it can additionally commerce soyabean put and name choices primarily based on Brazil’s futures contract.
“Over the previous couple of years, soyabean costs within the United Said and Brazil have indifferent from one another, making the lifetime of Brazil’s provide chain rather a lot more durable,” B3 commodities superintendent Louis Gourbin mentioned within the assertion, noting that native brokers have been resorting to the Chicago trade to hedge grain costs.
He added that whereas soyabean markets are worldwide, they depend on regional manufacturing and promoting dynamics, requiring new native hedging merchandise to be launched. Brazil is the world’s largest soyabean producer and exporter.


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For the 12-month period ended in December 2007, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 4.1 percent. This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent in 2006.
The index for energy, which advanced at annual rates of 22.9 and 32.9 percent in the first two quarters, declined at a 14.8-percent rate in the third quarter, and turned back up in the fourth quarter, advancing at a 37.1-percent annual rate. Overall energy costs rose 17.4 percent in 2007 with the index for petroleum-based energy costs (energy commodities) up 29.4 percent and charges for energy services (gas and electricity) up 3.4 percent.
The food index, which rose 2.1 percent in all of 2006, advanced 4.9 percent in 2007, its largest increase since a 5.3-percent rise in 1990. Grocery store food prices increased 5.6 percent in 2007, reflecting acceleration over the last year in each of the six major groups. These increases ranged from 3.2 percent in the index for other food items at home to 13.4 percent in the index for dairy products.
Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced 2.4 percent in 2007, following an increase of 2.6 percent in 2006.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Consumer Price Index up 4.1 percent in 2007 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/jan/wk2/art04.htm (visited September 25, 2023).


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- Apple shares dropped 4 percent Friday, turning the stock negative on the year.
- The company had the worst-performing stock in the Dow Jones industrial on Friday morning.
- Analysts are disappointed with Apple's iPhone issues.
A wave of negative sentiment on Apple sent the company's stock sinking on Friday.
The stock was the worst-performing in the Dow Jones industrial average and ultimately closed down 4 percent. That left the stock off 2 percent on the year.
It fell Friday morning after Morgan Stanley predicted that the company's iPhone sales will fall nearly 10 million below Wall Street's forecast.
Another analyst predicted that the company's iPhone X will be killed off this year after Apple's suppliers reported inventory issues and poor earnings — though not all analysts agree with that assessment.
The stakes are high for Apple as it fights to keep its place as the most valuable public company in the business world.
The iPhone giant reports quarterly earnings on May 1, by which time iPhone X sales should be baked in to its results. Apple doesn't usually release sales numbers of individual models.
The phone — the company's priciest yet — was widely expected to be a hit in the year ahead of its launch, with rumors of a new 10th-anniversary design and a "super-cycle" of upgrades. The company said in the autumn the phone was quickly backlogged, and CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that manufacturing was going well.
But enthusiasm seemed to nosedive after the iPhone X was released later in the holiday shopping season and undercut in price by the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, both impressive in their own right. Apple executives have tried to reassure Wall Street, but recent reports have swayed sentiment.
In particular, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said Thursday that its revenue guidance range for the second quarter is $7.8 billion to $7.9 billion versus the Wall Street estimate of $8.8 billion. The chip maker counts Apple as a major client, leading some analysts to believe that Apple is to blame for TSMC's weak outlook.
But while Apple shares are down 2 percent year to date, 63 percent of analysts listed in FactSet still rate it as "overweight" or "buy." The average analyst expects shares to hit $192.84 for the year, well above Friday's close of $165.72.
Some analysts are still optimistic that Apple's repatriation of foreign cash and quickly growing services division could boost the business long term. Piper Jaffray analysts also said earlier this month that more teens than ever own iPhones, for example, which could grow even more if prices fall.
"Overall, we view the survey data as a sign that Apple's place as the dominant device brand among teens remains intact," Piper Jaffray's Michael Olson wrote. "We believe lower-cost 'X-gen' options would be well accepted by teens given strong mindshare Apple has with this demo."


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Lithium deficit to last at least 5 years, imperiling EV goals
Surging demand for EVs and energy storage will deepen the deficit in lithium supplies for at least the next five years — and spur shortfalls in cobalt and nickel in as little as three years, according to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights shared with Axios.
Why it matters: Startups may be experimenting with different battery chemistries, but there remains no viable alternative to lithium. These raw material shortages will prevent automakers and governments from achieving ambitious EV goals.
- "There is no commercial opportunity to move away from lithium at this point," Scott Yarham, a regional pricing director for S&P GCI, tells Axios.
By the numbers: Lithium demand last year outstripped supply by about 5,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent, Kevin Murphy, principle analyst for metals & mining research at S&P GCI, tells Axios.
- That deficit is on track to surge by 10-times, to 50,000 metric tons in 2026.
The big picture: That's a big problem for EVs.
- "For electric vehicles and the long term, the supply chain remains the primary hurdle we see through 2030," Anne Robba, a manager with Future Energy Signpost at S&P GCI, tells Axios.
- "OEM targets for EV supply as a collective are not attainable due to upstream supply chain constraints and consumer demand," Robba says.
Meanwhile, EV sales in March were up 61% year-over-year.
- Ford Motor Company says it expects its EVs to account for half the automaker's sales by 2030, while GM is aiming to exclusively sell EVs by 2035.
What's next: A rush to stockpile lithium — and hard choices for how best to deploy it.
- Expect to keep hearing about lithium recycling — with caveats: Per a 2020 white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation, recycling could reduce the cumulative use of raw materials by 25% as a percentage of known global reserves — a significant reduction, but a far cry from being able to displace mining.